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Safe Organic Foods

28 Oct

EggplantOrganic foods are grown by using natural resources like animal dung, dried leaves, plant base matter, animal manure, and many other natural materials.

In other words, organic foods means foods those are in accordance with specific production standards. They do not have customary pesticides sprayed on them, they have not been cultivated with manmade fertilizer or dirt trash, and they do not have food additives as well.
In other words, organic foods means foods those are in accordance with specific production standards. They do not have customary pesticides sprayed on them, they have not been cultivated with manmade fertilizer or dirt trash, and they do not have food additives as well.According to Environmental Working Group (EWG) you can buy the following fruits and vegetables safely because they’re naturally organic.

Honeydew - organic foods

1 (Best) Onions

2 Avocado

3 Sweet Corn (Frozen)

4 Pineapples

5 Mango (Subtropical and Tropical)

6 Sweet Peas (Frozen)

7 Asparagus

8 Kiwi Fruit (Subtropical and Tropical)

Kiwi - organic food

9 Cabbage

10 Eggplant

11 Cantaloupe (Domestic)

12 Watermelon

13 Grapefruit

14 Sweet Potatoes

15 Honeydew Melon

 
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Coffee

20 Sep

coffeeDrinking two cups of coffee each day means buying about 18 pounds of beans each year—the total annual yield of 12 coffee trees. To keep those trees productive, coffee farmers apply 12 pounds of fertilizers and pesticides every year. Even though your program is going to recommend not drinking coffee, during the transition period try organic coffee. Coffee also contains caffeine and is damaging to your adrenal glands, a factor that can keep you from burning fat…(nice little side note) Keep in mind that Organic means without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and insecticides, so when you read labels, you want to make sure they say Organic, not “natural”. Essentially all food products may be called “natural” – it really doesn’t do anything for you. These are not the same.

Natural, in legal terminology, only means that those foods are not treated with chemicals during processing. Natural can mean many different things but it doesn’t mean without pesticides or insecticides. If you try to eat at least 50 percent organic foods, you will notice a big difference and you are really doing your body a favor, by being kind to your organs – especially your liver.

 
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Weight Loss Tip #17: Remove Toxins from Your Body Naturally

16 Jul

In order to lose weight, it takes a two step process. First, you must remove the toxins blocking your fat burning hormones controlled by your body’s organs, and then you must feed your body the right nutrients it needs to activate these hormones (naturally). You need to eat properly to activate hormones. If you’re too busy to cook and don’t like the vegetables you need to consume in your diet program or you want to super charge your results; I would highly recommend you supplement your diet with your body type supplement.

There are four types, custom made to support whatever body type you have. All the products are all natural, pharmaceutical grade, made with organic, and food-based!

FYI – this is what your body type kit will help with (the price is about $150 for the complete 8 week program…Detox kit and Fat Burning kit):

· Works naturally as a Total Body Cleanse…helps purify the liver, organs and blood.

· Helps restore absorption and helps balance the fat burning hormones

· Replenishes the body with nutrients that can help activate the body to shed fat cells

· Increases overall health

· Increases energy, naturally

· Reduces cravings of sugar, fried foods and carbohydrates (even chocolate!)

 
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Weight Loss Tip #14: Stop Comparing and Know Your Own Triggers

12 Jul

Don’t compare yourself to others. Everybody is different, and every ” body” is different! Everybody loses weight differently as well. This is the reason why I always support 4 different body types. I’m sure you have found that even if you follow the same diet and program as someone else followed, who did lose the weight they wanted to - doesn’t translate to success where YOU are concerned.

The key is in knowing your body, and finding out what works for your body.  The body type philosophy is based on hormones, which control metabolism and can either trigger fat burning, or fat storage. Hormones are triggered or blocked; by foods, exercise and other activities. The best way I know of, to learn about your body’s triggers, is to find out what body type you have (knowledge is power!).  Then, keep your goal in sight, and do whatever you have to do to meet that goal. When you start looking at someone else’s weight, you’re losing focus on what the real goal is…get yourself to a healthier, happier stage…and don’t worry, the weight loss will follow.  After all, its physically impossible to be anybody but yourself!

 
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Incorrect Exercise Prevents Fat Burning

09 Jul
Monica Cardone Exercise

it’s not the calories burned during exercise that are significant. It’s the delayed fatburning peaks that occur between 14 and 48 hours later

Another key discovery has been that different body types need different kinds of exercise. I’m sure you have heard the theory “You’re fat because you just don’t exercise enough.” Well, if you have an Adrenal body type and you do hard-core exercise, you not only will prevent fat burning, your body might even get bigger. I see these people at the gym with their personal trainers working to lose weight for years with very little change. Exercise only works if your body has good adrenals. If you have an Adrenal body type, adding more exercise to an already stressed-out body is self-defeating. Adrenal types need very light, slow exercise. On the other hand, if you have a Liver body type, the fat-burning hormones need to be stimulated intensely for weight loss to occur. If the exercise is too light or too slow, you get no effects. Exercising for your specific body type can be a big advantage in maximizing weight loss. Many people have the idea that their fat is excess calories and all they need to do is burn these off through exercising. However, it’s not the calories burned during exercise that are significant. It’s the delayed fatburning peaks that occur between 14 and 48 hours later but only if specific conditions are correct in regard to sleep and stress levels.

 
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You Have to Be Healthy Before You Can Lose Weight

08 Jul

You have no doubt heard that you should lose weight so you can be healthier, because obesity is a health risk causing heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and stroke. Right? People have been pushing the idea that fat
directly causes these other problems.
This is not true!

Dr. Berg found it is just the opposite. You need to be healthy first before you can actually lose weight. You are fat because some area of your body is unhealthy. In other words, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, stroke AND
obesity are all the result (symptoms) of the same thing—an unhealthy body. Somehow, someone has assigned obesity as a primary cause or a disease, when in reality it is an effect or result of something else.

The problem with making it a disease is now it gets treated with medication, and if some nonmedical practitioner treats it, he or she could be practicing medicine without a license. If you have stubborn weight problems, you have unhealthy hormones. You can’t be fat and healthy at the same time. The body can’t and won’t release fat until it is at a certain level of health. It shouldn’t surprise you to learn why your body is holding on so dearly to fat if you understand the purpose of fat. It is a survival mechanism, and the body will not let go of fat until the source of stress or the threat to survival is gone—in other words, until the body is healthy.

 
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From Instinct to Extinct

20 May

The great, liberating thing about losing weight and getting healthy is the fact that it is 100% done by you.

 
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Water, Water, Water

06 May

If you think you

 
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Water, Water, Water

06 May
Glass of water

What feels like “a lot” of water may be only half of what your body really needs!

If you think you’re already a “good” water drinker, take this test first, and confirm it by tracking your ounces for a few days.  What feels like “a lot” of water may be only half of what your body really needs!  Until you measure, you don’t know for sure that you are on target.  The general rule is that you need to drink at least ½ your body weight in ounces every day (OUNCES).  So, look at this chart:

If you weigh:

120 lbs, you need at least 60 ounces of water (approx. ½ gallon)

140 lbs., you need at least 70 ounces of water (9 glasses of 8 oz. each)
160 lbs., you need at least 80 ounces of water (10 glasses)
180 lbs., you need at least 90 ounces of water (approx. 3 quarts)
200 lbs., you need at least 100 ounces of water (12+ glasses)

*Then, add an additional 8 ounces for every cup of caffeine (coffee or soda)
*AND add additional water for high stress (because stress dehydrates!)

If that doesn’t make you feel waterlogged, I don’t know what would! The nice part though is that after the first few days of running to the bathroom every 20 minutes, you’re body is supposed to adjust  & EVERYTHING should work better – better digestion, better skin, more energy – FABULOUS!!!! AND – you’re “thirsty level” is re-set (yes, I made up this term – feel free to use it!) so that when you fall below your “new”, healthy intake level you start feeling thirsty all by yourself – no more measuring!! YAY!

 
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What you can see is hurting you

24 Apr

How many of us who are overweight take the opportunity to give ourselves a good hard look fresh out of the shower?…Chances are the only full length mirror that enjoys any showmanship is the one you use on the rare occasion you need to really dress up. You know how your clothes fit, you know what matches what, but pretty much any other activity that involves

 
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